Cuff-holder



G. J. CLINE.

OUF? HOLDER.

(No Model.)

No. 386,382. Patented July 17, 1888.

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GEORGE J. CLINE, OF GOSI-IEN, INDIANA.

CUFFHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming pari'. of Letters Patent No. 386,382, dated July17, 1888.

Application filed September E29, 1887. Serial No. 251,024. (No model.)

T @ZZ wiz/om, it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE J. CLINE, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates,residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State ofIndiana, have in vented certain new and useful Im provementsinCuff-Holdci s, and I do declare the l'ollowing` to he a full, clear, andexact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine. l

'Ihisinveution has relation to improvements in cuff-holdcrs.

The improvements will he fully understood from thefollowingdescriptionand claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a view of a portion of an arm with a cuff thereon andmy improved device in an operative position. Fig. 2'is a longitudinalsectional view of the clamp with the hook therein, and Fig. 3 is a planView of my improved holder removed from the cull".

The object of this invention is to provide a cuff-holder which may bemanufactured at a minimum expense, and which will serve effeclnally inholding the cuff adjusted at any desired point on the sleeve of a shirt.

tetex-ring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A indicates theclamp, which may he of the form usually employed, and consist-s of thetwo hinged jaws a (t and a spring encircling the pivot-bolt or pintlewith its opposite ends hearing outwardly against the rcspective jaws, soas to keep their serrated jaws normally in engagement to bite the sleeveof a shirt or the like.

B indicates a rod, which may be of brass, springsteel, or othersuit-able material. This rod has an open elongated eye or hook, 11, atone end, which is designed to engage the button-hole of a cuff, asshown, and I preferably turn the end of the short branch of this hookinwardly, as at d, and provide the same with a rounded head, so that thesame may be readily passed through the button-hole ofthe cuff, and willnot fall out thereof should the clamp become accidentally detached fromthe shirt-sleeves. The long brauch of this rod B passes through theordinary holes in the side walls of the clamp, as shown, and is headedor upset at its outer end, so that the same cannot be withdrawn. Itshould be here observed that this rod has a twofold function-viz., itforms a hook at one end to enter the buttonhole of a cuff and ilsopposite end for the hinge-pilule for the clamping-jaws. By thisconstruction it will he readily seen that the device may be cheaplymanufactured and without the employment of skilled labor. The clampbeing of the usual construction, it is only necessary to provide thelrod with the hook at one end and pass the opposite end thereof throughthe lateral walls of the clamp and upset it.

Having described my invention, what I claim isQ y l. As an improvedarticle of manufacture, a cuff-holder consisting` of aspring-clamp and arod having a hook on one end, and its opposite end forming thehingepintle for thejaws of the said clamp, substantially as specified.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a cuff-holder consisting of aspring-clamp and a rod forming the pintle therefor, and having itsopposite end turned in book form with its terminal provided with theenlargement, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. CLINE.

Witnesses:

AARON S. Zoon, MITCHELL GHARNLEY.

